Person of high status

• Person of high rank
• Worthy work at home, holding evaluation back
• An important or influential (and often overbearing) person
• High muckety-muck

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an important or influential (and often overbearing) person [syn: very important person , VIP , high-up , panjandrum , high muckamuck ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE civic ▪ The mayor and civic dignitaries met us in a blaze of colour at Bow Bridge with the usual greetings and pleasantries. foreign ▪ Just one Berlin politician, not even the Bürgermeister, and without any supporting ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. an important or influential person, or one of high rank or position

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